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Not the Italians specifically. If you draw a horizontal line across where the island juts out toward Brooklyn, that runs along I-278. Roughly north of there is “north shore” and it just so happens that that is the area more aligned with the rest of the city. More minorities, more creatives, more older. funky and interesting neighborhoods. (That’s where I live,) South Shore is more conservative, suburban, MAGA, Trumpy. Most of the Republicans voted for Cuomo (brown color), a dem running as an independent, out of fear of Mamdani. They even abandoned the Republican Curtis Sliwa, because he didn’t have a chance in a 3-way race.

I guess we'll have to wait for the decree.

At least he's still talking about federal debts and deficits.

I think they’re famous for sets of nesting glass bowls too. I have such a set, but they’re knockoffs because I didn’t know any better at the time.

These are those.

My dad works for a motorcycle dealership that used to be a licensed HD dealer. The dealership has been around since the 60s. However, a few years ago HD pulled their dealership license because they gave a dealership to a big shiny new showroom that was closer to a small city and right off the highway so easier to get to. The dealership my dad works for is back of beyond, and definitely isn’t shiny and new. But they do have a great reputation and sell bikes to customers from literally all over the world. So now they sell used HD that they buy from people all over North America. The business is still doing well, it’s just changed the business model a bit. However, I know that this idea of closing down small shops that have been around forever but who don’t have the big fancy glassed in showrooms hasn’t only hit the shop near us. It’s been a common practise over the past decade or so. Maybe it isn’t working out as well as they’d like?

I think Venice switched to a different form of government a long time ago.

We're heading out to Santa Fe for the week. Our sons, daughter-in-law, two step grands are joining us from Las Vegas.

The revenge campaign is never-ending. Probably looking for mortgage fraud. The Department of Defense on Monday said it is launching a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, citing "serious allegations of misconduct." The announcement comes days after President Donald Trump accused Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" for a video in which they said that U.S. service members could refuse illegal orders. In a statement posted to X, the Department of Defense said it "received serious allegations of misconduct" against Kelly, who is a retired U.S. Navy captain. "In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures. This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality. Further official comments will be limited, to preserve the integrity of the proceedings," the statement read. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-launching-review-democratic-sen-mark-kelly/story?id=127827953

A simple case of mistaken identity. (“ I THOUGHT that cop was a prostitute… “)

Yahoo!

@Steve-Miller said in The new system: Good grief. What does all of this cost? Not sure, but here’s a start. There’s the cost of the National Guard. $470M and change. https://ips-dc.org/fact-sheet-the-cost-of-trumps-national-guard-deployments/ And all those Kristi Noem commercials. $220M. Which she seems to have gotten a piece of. https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group What else? Feel free to add whatever you think I’ve missed.

Mary Bruce from ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-saudi-crown-prince-murder-jamal-khashoggi-127650855

Wow! Talk about taking "pay it forward" to heart!!

@ShiroKuro said in Virtual staging: The line between presenting possibilities ("look how nice it would be if you did this!") and deception is tricky, but this one is too close to deception IMO. Yes indeed. But I understand the appeal of virtual staging in a nice home whose furniture has been removed. Staging a home with real furniture adds thousands to the cost of selling your home while putting virtual furniture in place costs a few hundred.